- Tony Bell
Infobox Cyclist
ridername = Tony Bell
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fullname = Anthony Bell
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dateofbirth = birth_date_and_age|1958|6|21|df=yes
country = ENG
GBR
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discipline = Road
role = Rider
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proyears = 1980
1981
proteams = Midlet - Moser
Ian May
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updated = 17 September 2008Tony Bell (born 21 June 1958) [cyclingwebsite|52651] is a freelance writer and journalist, known for his "whats he on" column in
Cycling Weekly ,cite web|url=http://www.cyclingweekly.co.uk/news/Rides_The_Wirral_article_85686.html |title=THE WIRRAL |publisher=Cycling Weekly |date=30 May 2006] where he was a columnist between 1994 and 2006. [cite web|url=http://www.tony-bell.co.uk/about.htm|title=About Tony Bell] His popularity gained as a CW columnistcite web|url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/news/2003/august/15_nocturne.shtml| title=Latest Newport Nocturne News |publisher=British Cycling |date=August 2003] [cite web|url=http://www.britishcycling.org.uk/news/2003/january/00_brians_column_01.shtml |title=REMEMBERING A PRIZED WIN| author=Brian Cookson |publisher=British Cycling |date=January 2003] led to engagements as an after-dinner speaker at cycling events. [cite web|url=http://www.hullthursdayrc.co.uk/2003/Dinner03/Dinner%20Report03.htm| title=Club Dinner |publisher=Hull Thursday Road Club] [cite web|url=http://quickrelease.tv/?p=396| title=Bell on bikes (speech video)| publisher=quickrelease.tv]Bell is also a serious reporter with a degree in
politics who has reported on race riots, gangland contracts, drugs wars and environmental and social issues in his nativeMerseyside forThe Independent andThe Observer . Following a road accident in which several members of Rhyl cycling club were killed, Bell criticized the attitudes of those such asJeremy Clarkson , whose column inThe Sun he considered anti-cyclist, and what he saw as the cynical attitude of motorists. He called for a single organisation to represent cyclists in the UK to avoid such tragedies recurring. [cite web|url=http://thelonglane.blogspot.com/2006/01/perpetual-cycle.html |title=Perpetual Cycle |date=21 January 2006]Bell was also professional cyclist. He once held the mountains and points jerseys in the Mi-Août Bretagne. He is the brother of former professional
Mark Bell .Bell lives in
Chester and supplements his income as a bus driver. He is writing an autobiography, provisionally called "Pinball", excerpts of which are on [cite web|url=http://www.tony-bell.co.uk/|title=Tony Bell]References
External links
* [http://www.tony-bell.co.uk Official website]
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